Founded in 1972, Ruby Tuesday is one of the leading casual dining restaurant chains in the world. Ruby Tuesday is a publicly owned entity that operates more than 900 dining restaurants globally. Its menu includes a variety of fresh signature items and entrees, such as its salad bar, with specialty dressings, jumbo lump crab cakes, chicken fresco and prime aged sirloin steaks. It offers a more casual cuisine of hamburgers, appetizers, soups and salads, seafood, steaks and ribs, special desserts and side dishes, as well as wine, beer and a variety of mixed drinks. In addition, Ruby Tuesday caters meals and events from a menu that includes platters, boxed meals and baked potatoes. Ruby Tuesday maintains a location in Traverse City, Mich.